Mercury in Punarvasu ~ Renewed mental energy

Mercury, the planet of communication, is in Punarvasu, across the signs of Gemini and Cancer, from June 24th to July 1st, 2024.

Punarvasu’s symbol of a Quiver of Arrows is associated with a long-distance vision, where Mercury sends your thought arrows towards their target. The Quiver is also symbolic of replenishment and home, so your mental focus is on providing security and peace, where you rest up and prepare for the future. You can chase a distant academic horizon, or else be satisfied with what you have and remain amiable and open.

A philosophical quality to your thinking sees the big picture while you find extra energy and new enthusiasm, and this brings out your writing, communication and gift for sharing knowledge. You may have a long-term ambition, as you prepare to teach and perhaps become a guru figure in your own right. Punarvasu is ruled by Aditi, the boundless Vedic sky goddess, so as well as your search for business deals and abundance you look within for security and self-sufficiency.

The Shakti of this nakshatra, ‘To Acquire Wealth’, also plays to Mercury’s commercial skills, where you make contacts and show generosity, with the promise of an excellent return. Mercury moves gradually away from the all-powerful Sun after June 24th, and you find greater clarity and confidence in your ideas.

You may have been anxious or too ready to please people recently, but you emerge through this transit as someone with your own ideas and contribution to a debate. From June 29th, you have a fierier and more urgent way of speaking, but be careful of being drawn into a heated exchange.